Mavs' DeShawn Stevenson denies taking Facebook shot at LeBron

June 11, 2011|By Shandel Richardson, Sun Sentinel

MIAMI — It has now to come to where Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson has to answer questions about having a Facebook page.

Stevenson said he does not have a page on the popular social-networking site, thus proving he wasn't behind a status update from someone claiming to be him. The imposter's page posted a verbal jab at Miami Heat forward LeBron James, saying "I told em LeBron is Overrated but did they listen? swag."

The "news" was first reported by Pro Basketball News.

"I don't have a Facebook page," Stevenson said. "I don't have a Twitter. I have nothing. I don't go on the Internet."

Stevenson has said all series he is past his feud with James that began when the two traded trash-talk during a playoff series in 2008. Stevenson, then with the Washington Wizards, called James overrated. James, who was playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, fired back by saying a response would be like rapper Jay-Z answering to Soulja Boy.

Stevnson famed the flames some by saying James "checked out" in the fourth quarter of Game 4.

"Like I said, I'm not DeShawn," James said in response to the comment. "He's been talking for a long time, since our WashingtonCleveland days. I don't let that get to us. Those guys are playing well. We're playing well. … Talk is cheap. You have to play the game of basketball. Let the scores and the plays define the game. We don't get caught up in that too much."

Still, Stevenson maintained there is no rift between the two.

"I just think our history and I think everybody wants to see something go on between me and him," Stevenson said. "But it's nothing there. We've got to worry about this game [Sunday] on their court."